Comments on: Too Many Allergies! Update on Manny http://mybabyhaseczema.com/?p=168 And it just won't go away... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mama Leah http://mybabyhaseczema.com/?p=168#comment-18467 Mama Leah Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:50:22 +0000 http://mybabyhaseczema.com/?p=168#comment-18467 I first noticed my son's allergies in the form of gas while still in the hospital. Through breastmilk, he was getting whole wheat and other grains we now know he's very allergic to. We, too, ask people to stop saying he will grow out of it because they won't. My oldest son had baby eczema and developed asthma by 2. By age 8 it was easily manageable and a lot of people liked to say he grew out of it. Really? At 18 he can still get wheezy from a dirty outside cat ( cat, mold, and dust mite allergies) but we know what to avoid and how to keep him healthy. He will also have an eczema patch if he doesn't use enough lotion of cuts near dead grass without quickly showering after. As for my 5 yr old who was born gassy from food allergies, he has continued to become worse as many mistakes in his diagnosis has lead him to repeated and new exposures. ( We do have periods of relief, but you have to accept these children are simply sensitive from a tired immune system with as much coming into the body through the broken skin.) I believe his skin is just becoming weaker. I am a natural mom, but I realized that sometimes medical intervention IS needed and CAN prevent problems, but please go with your gut. My son's allergies continue to get worse from repeated exposures to things they've yet to diagnose. His own allergist, that I fired this morning, has seen him for two years and only treats symptoms or does tests I ask. We are often treated like we are overreacting and should just deal with it. Please don't. Please continue to be your child's advocate and insist upon more testing and get second and third opinions. Eczema from food allergies is absolutely not the same as dry skin eczema that my first child has. While his mold allergy can still trigger eczema, he's been able to be treated in your typical eczema formula. But, the little one has food allergies and if you ask me, rashes just keep happening because we don't know what else bothers him. The stronger his skin is, the less he reacts to things he comes in contact with, for obvious reasons. I feel that finding out what is causing the rash is key. Keep fighting the good fight and know there are other mothers suffering with their children. We'll get through this! Where there's a will, there's a way. Just keep looking at the map to find your direction! May peace and healing come to all who suffer, in any form. I first noticed my son’s allergies in the form of gas while still in the hospital. Through breastmilk, he was getting whole wheat and other grains we now know he’s very allergic to. We, too, ask people to stop saying he will grow out of it because they won’t. My oldest son had baby eczema and developed asthma by 2. By age 8 it was easily manageable and a lot of people liked to say he grew out of it. Really? At 18 he can still get wheezy from a dirty outside cat ( cat, mold, and dust mite allergies) but we know what to avoid and how to keep him healthy. He will also have an eczema patch if he doesn’t use enough lotion of cuts near dead grass without quickly showering after. As for my 5 yr old who was born gassy from food allergies, he has continued to become worse as many mistakes in his diagnosis has lead him to repeated and new exposures. ( We do have periods of relief, but you have to accept these children are simply sensitive from a tired immune system with as much coming into the body through the broken skin.) I believe his skin is just becoming weaker. I am a natural mom, but I realized that sometimes medical intervention IS needed and CAN prevent problems, but please go with your gut. My son’s allergies continue to get worse from repeated exposures to things they’ve yet to diagnose. His own allergist, that I fired this morning, has seen him for two years and only treats symptoms or does tests I ask. We are often treated like we are overreacting and should just deal with it. Please don’t. Please continue to be your child’s advocate and insist upon more testing and get second and third opinions. Eczema from food allergies is absolutely not the same as dry skin eczema that my first child has. While his mold allergy can still trigger eczema, he’s been able to be treated in your typical eczema formula. But, the little one has food allergies and if you ask me, rashes just keep happening because we don’t know what else bothers him. The stronger his skin is, the less he reacts to things he comes in contact with, for obvious reasons. I feel that finding out what is causing the rash is key. Keep fighting the good fight and know there are other mothers suffering with their children. We’ll get through this! Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Just keep looking at the map to find your direction! May peace and healing come to all who suffer, in any form.

]]> By: Pattie Sullivan http://mybabyhaseczema.com/?p=168#comment-18432 Pattie Sullivan Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:38:28 +0000 http://mybabyhaseczema.com/?p=168#comment-18432 Hello, My youngest daughter is 20 years old and has eczema her entire life. It started when she was 3 weeks old and I went to the doctor for what he called "cradle cap" on the back of her head. I asked if this could be allergy related and was told "babies don't have allergies". Boy was he wrong! My daughter is allergic to many foods - epipen for shellfish & peanuts as well as dust, trees - many types, grasses - again many types, pollen, dust mites, mold, mildew, cats, dogs, feathers, - all proven via skin tests. When she was a baby, they gave her atarax, which I found out was a tranquilizer so I moved to Homeopathy. I too did not like giving steroids and non natural products, but over the years I've accepted the fact that there is a reason for modern medicine. One thing that I wanted to share with you was that I discovered that she was also allergic to processed corn products. She can eat corn on the cob, but nothing with corn starch, corn syrup or corn syrup solids at all. Soy formula is 45% processed corn products - at least it was when she was an infant. I nursed her, but my husband and I split up when she was 10 months and he would use soy formula - my other kids had been lactose intolerant so we thought this best with her skin issues. Another is that we used aquaphor & actually crisco as her daily moisturizer. You MUST moisterize BEFORE you dry your son off while he's still wet with something like aquaphor or crisco (the solid not the oil) to keep the moisture next to the skin. Finally allergies react three fold, eczema is the skins way, asthma is the lungs and what one calls hayfever is the nose & eyes way of dealing with the allergens. You can react one way or as my daughter does have all three, Eczema started as a baby, asthma started around 4 and Hayfever started around adolescence. At age 10 I told the doctors to stop telling her she would grow out of it because it was obvious she wasn't and she was dealing with some negative behavior of students and even teachers at school during flare ups. It was not helping her to think that it would go away some day. Since your son's seems to be similar as far as acuteness is concerned, I would urge you to protect him from this earlier than I did. It may be something he will live with for the rest of his life. We did do allergy shots around 4th grade until 8th grade until she reacted anaphylactically to them 2 times in a row. We found out the following year that the classroom she was in at school had the carpet pulled up and was full of mold and mildew because of a teacher reacting in it. She was in this classroom for English, homeroom and religion class during her school day so she was probably being put over her threshold when she had the shots. On other time she reacted at a restaurant with the asthma symptoms you spoke of on Mother's day because they were serving primarily crabs and other shellfish (we live in maryland) and it was just in the air - she hadn't eaten anything. We left and she used her inhaler. I would caution you to be careful as anaphylaxis breathing symptoms can began with wheezing like asthma because the kids don't recognize the itchiness in their throat as a problem so I would ask your doctor for an EpiPen if you haven't been given one already. Don't get discouraged, my daughter is a beautiful young woman and your son will be a wonderful young man someday :) Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Hello,

My youngest daughter is 20 years old and has eczema her entire life. It started when she was 3 weeks old and I went to the doctor for what he called “cradle cap” on the back of her head. I asked if this could be allergy related and was told “babies don’t have allergies”. Boy was he wrong! My daughter is allergic to many foods – epipen for shellfish & peanuts as well as dust, trees – many types, grasses – again many types, pollen, dust mites, mold, mildew, cats, dogs, feathers, – all proven via skin tests.

When she was a baby, they gave her atarax, which I found out was a tranquilizer so I moved to Homeopathy. I too did not like giving steroids and non natural products, but over the years I’ve accepted the fact that there is a reason for modern medicine.

One thing that I wanted to share with you was that I discovered that she was also allergic to processed corn products. She can eat corn on the cob, but nothing with corn starch, corn syrup or corn syrup solids at all. Soy formula is 45% processed corn products – at least it was when she was an infant. I nursed her, but my husband and I split up when she was 10 months and he would use soy formula – my other kids had been lactose intolerant so we thought this best with her skin issues.

Another is that we used aquaphor & actually crisco as her daily moisturizer. You MUST moisterize BEFORE you dry your son off while he’s still wet with something like aquaphor or crisco (the solid not the oil) to keep the moisture next to the skin.

Finally allergies react three fold, eczema is the skins way, asthma is the lungs and what one calls hayfever is the nose & eyes way of dealing with the allergens. You can react one way or as my daughter does have all three, Eczema started as a baby, asthma started around 4 and Hayfever started around adolescence. At age 10 I told the doctors to stop telling her she would grow out of it because it was obvious she wasn’t and she was dealing with some negative behavior of students and even teachers at school during flare ups. It was not helping her to think that it would go away some day. Since your son’s seems to be similar as far as acuteness is concerned, I would urge you to protect him from this earlier than I did. It may be something he will live with for the rest of his life.

We did do allergy shots around 4th grade until 8th grade until she reacted anaphylactically to them 2 times in a row. We found out the following year that the classroom she was in at school had the carpet pulled up and was full of mold and mildew because of a teacher reacting in it. She was in this classroom for English, homeroom and religion class during her school day so she was probably being put over her threshold when she had the shots. On other time she reacted at a restaurant with the asthma symptoms you spoke of on Mother’s day because they were serving primarily crabs and other shellfish (we live in maryland) and it was just in the air – she hadn’t eaten anything. We left and she used her inhaler. I would caution you to be careful as anaphylaxis breathing symptoms can began with wheezing like asthma because the kids don’t recognize the itchiness in their throat as a problem so I would ask your doctor for an EpiPen if you haven’t been given one already.

Don’t get discouraged, my daughter is a beautiful young woman and your son will be a wonderful young man someday :) Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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